Where does “yaşlı” come from?

yaşlı (Turkish) comes from Turkish yaş, from Ottoman Turkish یاش, from Proto-Turkic yāĺ, from Turkish -mek, from Ottoman Turkish ـمك — to, infinitive-forming suffix.

yaşlı (Turkish): old

Definitions

  1. old

Ancestry of “yaşlı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyaşfresh, wet, moist; age; tear
2Ottoman Turkishیاشmoist; wet; humid
3Proto-Turkicyāĺage; year; young, fresh, green, raw, moist;...
4Turkish-mekInfinitive ending of verbs having a front or high...
5Ottoman Turkishـمكto, infinitive-forming suffix

Words derived from “yaşlı”

Every word from Ottoman Turkish ـمك →Every word from Turkish -mek →Every word from Proto-Turkic yāĺ →